Quote

If it is true that cowardice is the most grave vice, then the dog, at least, is not guilty of it.

Mikhail Bulgakov

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mikhail Bulgakov
Age: 48 †
Born: 1891
Born: May 15
Died: 1940
Died: March 10
Actor
Biographer
Journalist
Librettist
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
Playwright
Satirist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Kiev
Mikhael Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov
Vice
Graves
Vices
Guilty
Dog
Least
True
Cowardice
Grave

More quotes by Mikhail Bulgakov

Image
I challenge you to a duel!” screamed the cat, sailing over their heads on the swinging chandelier.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Difficult folk, these women!
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
But worse things were about to be found in the bedroom: on the jeweller’s wife’s ottoman, in a casual pose, sprawled a third party- namely, a black cat of uncanny size, with a glass of vodka in one paw and a fork, on which he had managed to spear a pickled mushroom, in the other. , The Master and Magarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
The darkness that had come in from the Mediterranean covered the city so detested by the procurator.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Why try to pursue what is completed?
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Cowardice is the greatest sin.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
In order to be in control, you have to have a definite plan for at least a reasonable period of time. So how, may I ask, can man be in control if he can't even draw up a plan for a ridiculously short period of time, say, a thousand years, and is, moreover, unable to ensure his own safety for even the next day?
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the who is loved.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Never ask for anything! Never for anything, and especially from those who are stronger than you. They'll make the offer themselves, and give everything themselves.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Manuscripts don't burn.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Manuscripts do not burn.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
I hereby certify that the bearer of this note, Nikolai Ivanovich, spent the night in question at Satan's ball, having been lured there in a transportational capacity... Hella, put in parentheses! And write 'hog.' Signed- Behemoth.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Margarita was never short of money. She could buy whatever she liked. Her husband had plenty of interesting friends. Margarita never had to cook. Margarita knew nothing of the horrors of living in a shared flat. In short... was she happy? Not for a moment.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Don't be afraid, Queen ... don't be afraid, Queen, the blood has long since gone into the earth. And where it was spilled, grapevines are already growing.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
What's the use of dying in a ward surrounded by a lot of groaning and croaking incurables? Wouldn't it be much better to throw a party with that twenty-seven thousand and take poison and depart for the other world to the sound of violins, surrounded by lovely drunken girls and happy friends?
Mikhail Bulgakov
Image
Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it.
Mikhail Bulgakov